Thinking about travelling to the UK for longer than a couple of weeks? Maybe for a few months or even a few years? I moved to the UK last year and I want to share what I know. Passport and Visa If you are planning to work or study, make sure you have a visa. [...]
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Thinking of travelling to the UK?
May 2nd, 2013How to be unemployed and meaningful
March 18th, 2013I studied for about eighteen consecutive years before I decided that I would take some time off. Study had been all I’d ever known, and for the most part, I was pretty good at it. But in my fourth year of my degree, I realised that (for various reasons) I was no longer passionate about [...]
Living a balanced life
February 19th, 2013TINO has a really great Topic page dedicated to health and wellbeing. It talks about some ways to live and be healthy, and I recommend the factsheet by Reach Out which you will find on the page in particular. But there’s more to being healthy than just diet and exercise (though those can’t be overlooked). [...]
New year, new you?
January 15th, 20133…2….1…HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! We all know the sound of the iconic new year’s countdown that greets us as ten seconds to midnight on December 31st every year. The dawn of a new year can bring hope and happiness to people all around the world. For some it can mean a fresh start and a second [...]
Attention job seekers!
December 13th, 2012It’s the summer holidays and you want to go out but you need money. You don’t want to ask your parents because they’d get annoyed at you so what do you do? Get a job, perhaps? Getting a casual or part-time job is one step to proving to your parents that you can take care [...]
I said do you speak-a my language?
November 28th, 2012I wanted to travel from the moment I understood distance. As a 5 year old I was begging my parents to take me to Africa to see lions and elephants (at this point I didn’t understand expense). Growing up the destination list kept expanding until at the age of 11, Italy was my number one [...]
Things I Wish I Knew in High School
November 20th, 2012Something strange has been happening to me since I entered my twenties. I constantly find myself thinking “I wish I knew that when I was in high school.” Not so much about things like how to write a good essay or how to get good marks, but things about life and relationships. Here in this [...]
Isn’t that old persons disease?
November 13th, 2012This is a question I’m asked commonly and the answer is no. I’m 16 and live with Juvenile Oligoarticular Arthritis and Hypermobility. This means that I’m a young person with a condition that can cause pain, inflammation, fever and rashes in less than 5 of my joints at any one time. The hypermobility means that [...]
Leaving the nest
November 12th, 2012We all (well most of us) reach a point of our adolescent or adult life when it is time to move out of home. How scary does that sound?! For some we may decide at about 18 years old, maybe younger, or at 30 to finally take the giant leap of faith and find our [...]
The power of a smile
November 2nd, 2012Have you ever heard the saying sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before you can rise up? I have because I was someone who hit rock bottom and needed to rise up. I was for such a long time a very angry person who did not appreciate the world, I had no respect and [...]
